The Emperor has married a horse.

**Olaf The Great** · 08-28-2006, 13:10

Originally Posted by eadingas

The first few? They were all nuts, with few exceptions :)
There were some heavily distorted genes in the Julio-Claudian family ;)

Well everyone between Augustus and the Emperors after and during the conquest of Britannia we're insane.

....What the heck is a "flim flam"

**Cozur** · 08-28-2006, 13:56

this is CivCity Rome
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...me/review.html

it sucks

This is Caesar IV
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...?q=caesar%20iv

its going to roxx!

**eadingas** · 08-28-2006, 14:08

Oh cool. I liked Caesar series.

**Jarardo** · 08-28-2006, 15:22

Yeah Civ city rome sucks, I have it. I'm looking forward to Ceasar 4 though.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 08-28-2006, 22:08

Originally Posted by Olaf_The_Great

Well everyone between Augustus and the Emperors after and during the conquest of Britannia we're insane.

....What the heck is a "flim flam"

Tiberius and Claudius were both fine. There is some evidence that Claudius didn't actually intend Nero to succeed him but that he was murdered before he could prclaim Britanicus. Ironically he relaxed his anti-assassination protocals before he died. Nero himself was too young and unsuited mentally.

Tiberius on the other hand just didn't want the job, the flippin Senate just wouldn't take any responsibility.

**CalIrish** · 08-28-2006, 23:26

Part of the reason Caligula appointed his horse as senator was because he wanted it to be a slap in the face and show them how useless the post of senator had become in his eyes. Maybe he also did have a little... uhm... summer romance with the horse, he was a bit off the mark.

**Zastrow** · 08-28-2006, 23:46

Why is this in the EB forum?

LoL.

**abou** · 08-29-2006, 00:44

Originally Posted by Zastrow

Why is this in the EB forum?

LoL.

I think the real question is why not more of it?

**Slartibardfast** · 08-29-2006, 06:27

Originally Posted by abou

I think the real question is why not more of it?

Pehaps there's a case for a few possible traits in post 0.8.

Ones that are generational and added to Generals who are responsible for/survive battlefield/siege massacres. 26% chance of the guys kids and grand kids developing some kind of PTSD from being brought up by the guy. Same as is the case for Vietnam Veterans Children.

Various levels of insecurities, paranoia, ferocity, violence, suicide attempts and associated psychological disorders. Combining with some earnt traits, and "giving syphallis to your first cousin"as the Black Adder put it, for the chance of your faction developing its' very own sadistically insane "Little Boot" four generations down the track?

Ahhhhh! The possabilities for internal assasination/civil war !

**Musopticon?** · 08-29-2006, 20:28

I heard that the lead that was used on the pipes of the aqueduct system slowly but surely poisoned the folks who used it regularly. This caused inherited diseases, defects, retardness and all kinds of general nastiness in pretty much everyone who had been affected in several generations by it.

**BozosLiveHere** · 08-30-2006, 04:29

Originally Posted by Slartibardfast

Pehaps there's a case for a few possible traits in post 0.8.

Ones that are generational and added to Generals who are responsible for/survive battlefield/siege massacres. 26% chance of the guys kids and grand kids developing some kind of PTSD from being brought up by the guy. Same as is the case for Vietnam Veterans Children.

Various levels of insecurities, paranoia, ferocity, violence, suicide attempts and associated psychological disorders. Combining with some earnt traits, and "giving syphallis to your first cousin"as the Black Adder put it, for the chance of your faction developing its' very own sadistically insane "Little Boot" four generations down the track?

This could be done....it would be somewhat easy to implement too. Your mention of syphilis gave me another idea though: why not create traits for various diseases, like syphilis, diphteria, leprosy, pneumonia, etc.? The chances of infection could be related to sanitary conditions in settlements, long sieges, poorly supplied troops and so on. Heck, I think I would be able to code them myself.

**tk-421** · 08-29-2006, 01:38

Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall

Tiberius and Claudius were both fine. There is some evidence that Claudius didn't actually intend Nero to succeed him but that he was murdered before he could prclaim Britanicus. Ironically he relaxed his anti-assassination protocals before he died. Nero himself was too young and unsuited mentally.

Tiberius on the other hand just didn't want the job, the flippin Senate just wouldn't take any responsibility.

I wouldn't call Tiberius and Claudius "fine". They were better than some, but they weren't exactly model rulers.

Later in his life, Tiberius started to get really paranoid. People were put to death even if there was very little evidence of disloyalty. I think I read somewhere that a senator was put to death because he carried a coin with Tiberius's image on it into a public restroom. While all this was happening Tiberius was living in Capri engaging in various activities that I do not care to mention.

Claudius was even more fearful of his life, but he did at least have a good reason. His predecessor had been assassinated and there were several attempts on his life. His main problem was that this fear made it possible for his unfaithful wife and some of his government officials to manipulate him for their own good.